آشنایی
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From آشنا (âš(e)nâ) + ـیی (-yi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃi.nɑː.jiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːʃ.nɒː.jiː], [ʔɒː.ʃe.nɒː.jiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔʃ.nɔ.ji]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āšnāyī, āšināyī |
Dari reading? | āšnāyī, āšināyī |
Iranian reading? | âšnâyi, âšenâyi |
Tajik reading? | ošnoyi |
Noun
[edit]Dari | آشنایی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ошноӣ |
آشنایی • (âšnâyi or âšenâyi)
- acquaintance, friendship
- initiation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3494:
- رفت فکر و روشنایی یافتند
نحر و بحر آشنایی یافتند- raft fikr u rowšnayi yâftand
nahr u bahr-i-âšnâyi yaftand - Thought is gone, and they have gained light:
they have gained the throat (core and essence) and the sea (ultimate source) of gnosis.
- raft fikr u rowšnayi yâftand
- recognition
References
[edit]Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آشنایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim